Associative Governance in Scandinavia

ISBN-13: 9781032466743 / Twarda / 2024 / 352 str.

Opis

This edited volume explores different aspects of associative governance, providing detailed case studies of associations and associational governance in Nordic societies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Scandinavian perspectives on associative governance  PART 1: Associative Roots  2. A Nordic model of associative governance?  3. Governing morality: The role of intermediary elites in associative governance of religious revivals in Scandinavia  4. Governing Labor: Transformations of Collective Bargaining in Denmark  5. Being strong together: Cooperative Farmer Organizing in Scandinavia  PART 2: Transformative Governance  6. Governing People’s Homes: Organizing Housing Associatively in Scandinavia  7. Governing savings banks: From community-oriented associations to shareholder corporations  8. Governing Economic Life: Organizing Business Corporations in Denmark  9. Lessons from Scandinavia: Premises and promises of associative governance

O autorze

Anker Brink-Lund is Professor of Media Management and Communicative Governance in the Department of Business and Politics, and Research Coordinator at the Center for Civil Society Studies at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Haldor Byrkjeflot is Professor at Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a Visiting Scholar at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Søren Christensen is Ph.D. Fellow at the Department of People and Technology in Roskilde University, in collaboration with the Center for Civil Society Studies, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.